Animal Testing

PETA Germany has added to the mounting pressure against Volkswagen following the company’s refusal to swear off all future tests on animals.

Experimenters in China have reportedly cloned two monkeys. But cloning is cruel and pointless and needs to end.

“[W]ell into the realms of deliberate cruelty.”

Rats and other animals used in toxicity testing can breathe easier, thanks to a recent report published in the journal Toxicology in Vitro.

These updates could mean a drastic increase in experiments in which thousands of animals are forced to inhale or ingest nanomaterials over periods of weeks or months before finally being killed and dissected.

This super-group of scientists from around the globe has formed partnerships with researchers in order to advance animal-free science. And five years in, their collaborative efforts are already succeeding on a global scale.

The test would have involved force-feeding high concentrations of a cosmetics ingredient to pregnant rats or rabbits.

“In many of years of research into muscular dystrophy, no cure has been found.”

Researchers have an opportunity to save horses from suffering in order to make snake antivenom.

“As someone living with MD, I urge you to stop funding failed experiments that hurt animals and don’t help humans.”